The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-07-07
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS.

The rebellion against the Ameer Of
Afghantisan has gone to pieces.
1t is announced that Ovid's tomb has
been discovered at Analdolkoi, near
Kustendan.
David Armstrong Of jackson, O., has
been appointed receiver Of the Fidelity
Bank Of Cincinnati.
1t il officially denied that King Milan
of Servia intends to abdicate.
Washington dispatches show that the
President has concluded not to make
an appointment to fill the vacant SUI
preme Judgeship until December.
Nine. Januschek has brought suit for
$25. 900 damages against the proprietors
of the Providence Hotel, in which she
was recently injured.
Six Baltimore politicians have been
sentenced to two years. Imprisonment
apiece for crooked election work.
A movement is on foot to secure
large representation Of the colored race
at the G. A. K. Encampment to be held
this fall in st. Louis.
John Thomas Ross, who murdered
woman and sold her body to
Baltimore medical university, is SEN
fenced to be hanged.
Mrs. Leckic. wife of Presbyterian
minister at Airth, near Grange Mouth.
County Of Stirling, Scotland, in fit Of
temporary insanity cut the throats Of
her three children and then her own.
Cannon Wilberforce il vehement
opponent of yiyisection. which. he de-
clares. has never resulted in q single
discovery of importance.
Whitelaw Reid, who has been dan
gerously i'll Of typhoid fever. has pass
ed the crisis of his illness and is now on
the mend.
Editor George w. Childs will have
the honor Of entertaining President
Cleveland during his visit to the con-
stitutional centennial celebration at
Philadelphia.
Charles Alden IF Randolph, Mass,
once one Of the richest inventors in
New England, committed suicide Mon
day to escape the pangs of poverty.
For one patent alone, that for the evap-
Grafton Of apples, he received the sum
of 5000, 900. In former years he was a
member of the Board of New York Al
dermen, and was looked upon as one of
the most promising real-estate dealers
in the metropolis. Unfortunate specu-
lations swept all his possessions away.
William X. Vanderbilt has gone on a
voyage around the world in his yacht,
leaving New York with his family and
guests. The route will be across the
Atlantic, up the Mediterranean. and
thence on through the Suez Canal.
Gov. Lee of Virginia is chairman Of
a committee to raise funds for the erec-
ton Of a monument to Gen. j. +. B.
Stuart, the Rebel cavalry leader, who
was killed in desperate fight near
Richmond in 1864.
Senator Cullom Of Illinois has daugh-
ter who is one Of the beauties Of Wash
ington. She is a tall, slender blonde,
with Madonna face, perfect in form,
features, and color.
Twenty-Five thousand bar-maids oi
various degrees dispense !" 'alf and 'alf'
to the thirsty denizens of London.
Miss Adelaide johnson of st. Louis
has received an order from Mrs. Logan
TO make busts i'm marble of herself and
Gen. Logan.
| Queen Victoria's fayorite dish il
tapioca pudding. She is a sturdy eater
and fair drinker of clarets and red
wines.
! w. L. Trenholm, United States Con.
troller Of Currency. is tall, 1.-the man,
with dark eyes, gray hair. and gray
mustache. He is pleasing converse.
tionalist and has cordial and attractive
manners.
| Thomas Starr King was one OF the
ablest and most eloquent ministers Of
San Francisco at the breaking out oi
the Civil War. and his earnest appeals
did much to crush out and destroy the
fantom of Pacific republic and to keep
California close to the heart of the
Union. He now sleeps in Lone Noun.
tain. and It'll proposed to erect in
Golden Gate Park fitting monument
to his memory.
Harriet Beecher Stove writes an in.
dignant letter to say that sit is vile
SANDER that she ever in any shape ol
form ..took back" the things she said
of slavery in ..Uncle Toms Cabin"
i After his reading at Spartansburg
5. c., George w. Cable held an in
formal discussion with all comers OF
the ..negro question" When they
heard Of this the people of Columbis
were anxious to have him 60 there anl
do likewise, and sent him an invitation
to do SO, though few days before the.
had Cancelled their engagement will
him.
Lord Salisbury remarked at ths
Royal Academy banquet that he coult
not call to mind i single statue Of maj
attired in a .claw-hammer' coat
Whereupon Mr.. Sala said he wishes
; some sculptor would make the expert
ment.
John Hutchinson. one of the famou
Hutchinson Family" whose quain
Plymouth Rock garb and sweet music
were thirty years ago familiar I,
the public. was present at tn
Baptist convention ut st, Paul las
week. John and Abby are the onl,
members Of the family living, and the.
still wear the ancient Pilgrim garb.
Buck Taylor, the cowboy, whose dar
ing performances with the Buffalo Bill
Wild West Show recently resulted in
dislocated thigh, is having high oil
time during his conyalescence. He
the London lion just now, and is get
ting all sorts Of good things to eat an,
I drink sent to him by his British ad
/ mirers.
Briggs Swift, President of the wreck
ed Fidelity Bank Of Cincinnati, ha
had previous unpleasant experienc
with lawbreakers. At the time tn
Cincinnati COurt-H -House was burnin